Here we've displayed a list of the best Patriarch films : The Texas Chain Saw Massacre(1974), The Wizard of Lies(2017), Force majeure(2014), Killer of Sheep(1977), The Broken Hearts Club(2000), Buchanan Rides Alone(1958), Follow That Dream(1962), The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse(1962), The Work and the Glory III: A House Divided(2006), An Innocent Man(1989), The Governess(1998), Riding High(1950) ... ...
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
1974
83 Minutes
Marilyn Burns Gunnar Hansen Allen Danziger Paul A. Partain William Vail Teri McMinn Edwin Neal Jim Siedow John Dugan Perry Lorenz
sister paraplegic friend psychopath leatherface patriarch shocking frightening gory gritty texas country house country road isolation violence murder torture grave robbing escape pursuit
Two siblings and three of their friends en route to visit their grandfather's grave in Texas fall victim to a family of cannibalistic psychopaths.
Crime, Drama
France|Israel
2017
133 Minutes
Robert De Niro Michelle Pfeiffer Alessandro Nivola Nathan Darrow Kristen Connolly Lily Rabe Hank Azaria Kathrine Narducci Michael Goorjian Kelly AuCoin Geoffrey Cantor
patriarch husband wife criminal family partner financier engaging intense shocking tense united states fraud schemes financial troubles deception crime family investigation biography
A modern-day Shakespearean tale about a famous Tajik musical family, controlled by the charismatic, funny yet overbearing patriarch, Papa Alaev, who at the age of 80 is starting to lose his... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
Sweden|France|Norway|Denmark
2014
120 Minutes
Johannes Kuhnke Lisa Loven Kongsli Clara Wettergren Vincent Wettergren Kristofer Hivju Fanni Metelius Brady Corbet Karin Myrenberg
patriarch friend parent adulterer family child amusing gripping suspenseful dark the alps french alps hotel room balcony ski slopes ski resort disaster holidays children left for dead
A family vacationing in the French Alps is confronted with a devastating avalanche.
Drama
USA
1977
80 Minutes
Henry Sanders Kaycee Moore Charles Bracy Angela Burnett Eugene Cherry Jack Drummond
patriarch wife child friend bleak moving solemn los angeles slaughterhouse house street poverty inner-city life family unusual occupations underdog sacrifice love 1970s
Set in the Watts area of Los Angeles, a slaughterhouse worker must suspend his emotions to continue working at a job he finds repugnant, and then he finds he has little sensitivity for the family he works so hard to support.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
USA
2000
94 Minutes
Timothy Olyphant Andrew Keegan John Mahoney Dean Cain Matt McGrath Zach Braff Ben Weber Billy Porter Justin Theroux Mary McCormack Nia Long
man photographer waiter actor friend patriarch charming engaging hilarious hollywood, calif. restaurant house friendship relationships homosexuality discovery love 2000s
An insight into the turbulent lives and loves of a gay clique based in Los Angeles.
Western
USA
1958
78 Minutes
Randolph Scott Manuel Rojas Craig Stevens Barry Kelley Tol Avery Peter Whitney L.Q. Jones Bob Anderson
mercenary patriarch bar owner judge sheriff prisoner thrilling wild intense california border town hotel saloon courtroom mansion family feud corruption power struggle execution double-cross
Texan Tom Buchanan is heading back home with enough money to start his own ranch, but when he stops in the crooked town of Agry, he's robbed and framed for murder.
Musical
USA
1962
110 Minutes
Elvis Presley Arthur O'Connell Anne Helm Joanna Moore Jack Kruschen Simon Oakland Roland Winters Alan Hewitt Howard McNear Frank de Kova
son patriarch orphan social worker bureaucrat governor winsome amusing playful positive florida beach car highway casino family government ineptitude bureaucracy land dispute schemes
A family of ragtag vagabonds sets up a makeshift home on a Florida beach after becoming marooned there, prompting an uptight local bureaucrat to attempt to evict them.
Drama
Mexico|USA
1962
153 Minutes
Glenn Ford Ingrid Thulin Charles Boyer Lee J. Cobb Paul Henreid Paul Lukas Yvette Mimieux Karl Boehm Harriet MacGibbon Kathryn Givney Marcel Hillaire
nazi patriarch grandchild pilot nephew playboy bleak emotional fiery gripping powerful argentina germany france family death betrayal honor world war ii rivalry
In Argentina, one daughter of patriarch Madariaga is married to a Frenchman while the other is married to a German thus leading to a crisis when Nazi Germany occupies France and some Madariaga family members fight on opposite sides.
Drama
USA
2006
93 Minutes
Sam Hennings Brenda Strong Eric Johnson Jonathan Scarfe Alexander Carroll Andrew Bowen Emily Podleski Ryan Wood Brighton Hertford Melanie Hawkins Jeff Ham
mormon husband wife prophet patriarch father emotional thrilling missouri settlement mormonism religion battle family love sacrifice 1830s
Joshua Steed returns to Missouri a wealthy man with a beautiful wife; however, the past has a way of catching up. Soon Joshua is tangled in a web of rumors, deception and betrayal that ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1989
113 Minutes
Tom Selleck F. Murray Abraham Laila Robins David Rasche Richard Young Badja Djola Todd Graff
prisoner engineer patriarch wife police detective crooked cop bleak suspenseful brutal prison family home courtroom fight for justice showdown excess corruption challenge revenge underdog 1980s
A man is framed by two corrupt cops for drugs. After he gets out of prison, he comes after them.
Drama
UK
1998
114 Minutes
Minnie Driver Tom Wilkinson Florence Hoath Jonathan Rhys-Meyers Harriet Walter Arlene Cockburn Emma Bird Adam Levy Bruce Myers Diana Brooks Raymond Brody
governess scientist son daughter mother patriarch solemn passionate london scottish hebrides island house church jewish identity english society obsession childcare photography isolation forbidden love
When the father of privileged Rosina da Silva violently dies, she decides to pass herself off as a gentile and finds employment with a family in faraway Scotland. Soon she and the family ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1950
112 Minutes
Bing Crosby Coleen Gray Charles Bickford Margaret Hamilton Frances Gifford James Gleason Raymond Walburn William Demarest Ward Bond Clarence Muse Percy Kilbride
patriarch sibling horse trainer heiress young man sister heartwarming rousing uplifting horse track house restaurant horse racing arranged marriage sister relationship family business love interest coming of age underdog love
A horse trainer who has fallen on hard times looks to his horse, Broadway Bill, to finally win the big race.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
2020
111 Minutes
Lily Collins Simon Pegg Connie Nielsen Chace Crawford Patrick Warburton Marque Richardson Michael Beach Chris Gann
patriarch daughter family family member gripping intense shocking united states mansion forest inheritance mysterious deaths mysterious past mystery discovery rise 21st century
A patriarch of a wealthy and powerful family suddenly passes away, leaving his daughter with a shocking secret inheritance that threatens to unravel and destroy the family.
Adventure
USA
1985
98 Minutes
Christopher Reeve Rosanna Arquette Jack Warden Sam Wanamaker Scott Wilson Tyne Daly Marcia Strassman Will Hare Jeff Harding Timothy Stack Larry B. Williams
pilot rich girl patriarch mechanic trainee wolf passionate gripping spirited tense airplane nevada mountain boise, idaho survival plane crash aviation odd couple deadly animals wilderness
A 1920s mail pilot and a rich man's daughter crash-land on a mountain full of hungry wolves.
Comedy
2016
102 Minutes
Dina Meyer Dominique Swain Bruce Davison Patrick Muldoon William McNamara Sage Kirkpatrick Blanca Blanco R. Brandon Johnson Brandon Tyler Russell Kyle Reese Klein Jeremy Klein
pastor father family patriarch uplifting lighthearted witty amusing small town inner city united states new life moving small-town life family life love growing up 2010s
A pastor and his family have to adapt to a new life after they move from the inner city to a rural church.
Drama
2010
90 Minutes
Chyler Leigh Matt Czuchry Patricia Wettig Jeff Hephner Alexia Fast Lara Jean Chorostecki Sarain Boylan Patrick Garrow
patriarch fundamentalist polygamist suspenseful utah arranged marriage secret life polygamy death of spouse love 2010s
BeckyLyn (Patricia Wettig), a member of a fundamentalist cult, is accused of killing her husband. Queenie (Chyler Leigh), another wife in the sect, thinks she is innocent, and asks her excommunicated son to help solve the case.
Horror
1964
84 Minutes
Helen Waren Roy Scheider Margot Hartman Robert Milli Hugh Franklin Candace Hilligoss Dino Narizzano Linda Donovan J. Frank Lucas Jane Bruce
patriarch killer young man pretty woman gory eerie new england estate vengeance murder inheritance family survival pursuit escape 1960s
Relatives (Helen Waren, Margot Hartman) die as they feared and the maid loses her head soon after a millionaire (Roy Scheider) is buried alive.
Drama
2010
102 Minutes
Pilou Asbæk Jesper Christensen Lene Maria Christensen Anne Louise Hassing Line Kruse Coco Hjardemaal Gustav Fischer Kjærulff Thomas Hwan
patriarch emotional new york family ties relationships dream job sacrifice love 2000s
Drama
1944
145 Minutes
Katharine Hepburn Walter Huston Aline MacMahon Akim Tamiroff Turhan Bey Hurd Hatfield Frances Rafferty Agnes Moorehead Henry Travers Robert Lewis
wife son mother patriarch gutsy powerful solemn rousing southern china farm war feminism farming resistance fighters rural life sacrifice love transformation quest 1930s
A Chinese villager (Katharine Hepburn), her husband and in-laws (Walter Huston, Aline MacMahon) burn their land to foil Japanese invaders.
Comedy, Drama
2001
209 Minutes
Amitabh Bachchan Jaya Bhaduri Kajol Hrithik Roshan Kareena Kapoor Rani Mukherji Simone Singh Himani Shivpuri Shah Rukh Khan
adopted son patriarch mother son wife sister-in-law melodramatic emotional fiery spectacular bombay, india london mansion village parental pressure family honor father/son relationship class distinctions arranged marriage indian life
Comedy
2000
96 Minutes
Osvaldo Benavides Rodrigo Cachero Ana de la Reguera Otto Sirgo Gina Morett Alexia Witt Xavier Masse Emilio Cortes
mexican cousin patriarch daughter hotel owner lighthearted amusing touching acapulco, mexico road car beach death family ties friendship road trip male bonding life lessons adventure discovery
After their grandfather dies, two cousins (Osvaldo Benavides, Rodrigo Cachero) hijack a car containing his urn in order to scatter his ashes in a bay.